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Australia’s connected to three wars, but only one of them will be measured in decades

11.21.2023 - By The Age and Sydney Morning HeraldPlay

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Three different wars are being fought across the world right now. And Australia is connected to each one of them.

Each war threatens our security, and it’s arguably the first time we’ve been in this position since the Cold War.

But, amid the threats, these wars also have lessons to teach us about what particular sort of warfare poses the biggest challenge to our sovereignty.

And what has accounted for some surprising, recent, developments in the wars between Israel and Hamas, and Russia and Ukraine.

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher, on this. And what lesson Vladimir Putin has recently learned the hard way. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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